𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐔𝐏

ISSUE 196
AFTERNOON EDITION
FEBRUARY 02, 2023
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🇺🇬 President Museveni urges South to South member states to cooperate
📌President Yoweri Museveni has called on participants from member countries of the South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTrC) to work together to create universal prosperity for all of their people. President Museveni made the call during the closure of a three-day SSTrC at Speke Resort Munyonyo. SSTrC is an international agreement and UN General Assembly resolution that the Member States of the United Nations have mandated for development and humanitarian programming. In his remarks, the President disclosed that in order to achieve global affluence, member states need to support each other by creating a sustainable market for their goods and services.

🇺🇬 Makerere University ranks 13th among Africa’s best universities
📌Makerere University is the 13th among Africa’s best universities, according to the latest webometrics rankings and top-most outside of South Africa and Egypt. Kampala International University and Mbarara University of Science and Technology came in second and third positions respectively in Uganda, followed by Kyambogo and Gulu universities. The Webometrics Ranking of World Universities is an initiative of the cybermetrics lab, a research group belonging to the Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), the largest public research body in Spain.

🇺🇬 Leader of Opposition wants investigation into Budget allocation of elderly grant
📌The Leader of Opposition in Parliament, Mathias Mpuuga has demanded that Parliament investigates how the budget allocation for pensions and the fund for the elderly are utilized citing that ‘Government can’t fail to look after its senior citizens’. He was Wednesday meeting the Parliamentary Social Protection Forum which has been presenting to him its position paper on the allocations to social protection interventions in the National Budget Framework Paper for the financial year 2023/2024.

🇺🇬 NAADs gives processing equipment to Kigezi Dairy Cooperative Society
📌In an bid to add value and improve the quality of dairy products such as milk and yoghurt among other dairy products, the National Agriculture Advisory Service (NAADS) has given a milk processing machine to Kigezi Dairy Cooperative Society. This is part of NAAD’s pilot project to help cooperative societies that are involved in milk processing.

🇺🇬 Health Minister asks Parliament to increase UCI budget
📌Minister for Health Dr Jane Ruth Aceng has called upon Parliament to increase the budget allocation for Uganda Cancer Institute to enable the institution provide better care for patients. Dr Aceng says Shs 69 billion allocation for this financial year is insufficient to cater for all needs of the institute. She made the remarks at the Africa Cancer Test and Treat Initiative Conference in Kampala.

🇺🇬 Uganda Baati 11th showroom opens in Soroti
📌Steel and roofings manufacturer, Uganda Baati Limited, has opened its 11th showroom in Soroti City. According to the company, the decision to open a new route was aimed at bringing convenience to the customers by ensuring that customers do not have to travel long distances to access their products. Speaking at the unveiling on Tuesday, George Arodi, the Chief Executive of Uganda Baati said the showroom was conceptualized as the company’s market penetration strategy, which targets to improve the customer experience.

🇺🇬 MITOOMA: Hailstorm devastates four parishes in Mutara Sub County
📌Hailstorm has caused destruction in four parishes in Mutara sub county in Mitooma District. The affected areas are Kitaho, Ryakitanga, Bikungu, and Enshaka parishes. The hailstorm that hit the area claimed several acres of banana and coffee plantation, animals including cows, goats and gardens of beans, maize and sweet potatoes. Naboth Mbyeyongera, a resident of Kataho Village in Kataho parish says that the hailstorm started at around 3PM and lasted for four hours. According to Mbyeyongera, he lost one cow and six goats while his neighbor lost 3 cows to the hailstorm. A group of residents led by the area LC V councilor, Bernard Mbangira collected some of the hailstones and stormed the sub-county headquarters to plead for help.

🇺🇬 NEBBI: Nebbi Diocese conducts fundraising ceremony to construct technical School
📌The Bishop of Nebbi Diocese Rev. Pons Ozelle on Tuesday 31st January 2023 presided over the fundraising ceremony for a new technical school at Angaba Primary school in Akworo Sub County. Ozelle mobilized parents to embrace vocational skills education. The ceremony was attended by local leaders from Nebbi, Zombo, Pakwach and Madi-Okollo Districts and Ugx26 million was raised in cash and pledges.

🇺🇬 YUMBE: Miribe Foundation constructs theatre and staff houses
📌Residents in Barakala Town Council commended Miribe Foundation, a civil society organization for the construction of a theatre at Barakala Health Center III and staff houses at Barakala Primary School. While receiving the theatre block on Tuesday, Baguma Siraje on behalf of Yumbe District Health Officer appreciated the role of development partners in transforming communities.

🇺🇬 MITYANA: Police retrieves one year old baby from pit latrine
📌Police in Mityana on Wednesday started investigations into the circumstances under which a one-year-old baby girl was dumped in a pit latrine by unknown people. Police retrieved the girl alive from the pit latrine in Ssekanyonyi village. She was taken to Ssekanyonyi Health Center III for medical care.

🇺🇬 WAKISO: Police in Kyengera Town Council rescues suspected thug from mob
📌Police officers on Wednesday rescued an unconscious suspected thief from a charged mob in Kyengera Town Council. The Residents of Kazinga Cell in Kasenge ward, rounded up the thief and beat him  almost to death. The police officers from Kazinga Police Post them took him to Mulago National Referral Hospital for treatment.

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🌍 Report pins South Sudan and Somalia the most corrupt countries in the world
📌According to the 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), Somalia is the most corrupt country, with South Sudan and Syria at number two. The CPI ranks 180 countries and territories around the world based on their perceived levels of public sector corruption, scoring on a scale of 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (least corrupt). The report says that most countries have failed to stop corruption, with 95 per cent of them having made little to no progress since 2017. The investigative report has named Denmark as the least corrupt country globally, followed by Finland and New Zealand, both of which tie at position two.
“In democratic societies, the people can raise their voices to help root out corruption and demand a safer world for us all,” said Transparency International Chief Executive Officer Daniel Eriksson.

🌍 Tanzania commits to end HIV/ AIDS in children
📌Tanzania has expressed its readiness to work closely with all partners and communities to attain the global target of ending AIDS in children come 2030. Vice President Dr Philip Mpango said that the Government recognizes that providing essential treatment to women, adolescent girls and children living with HIV is one of the key pillars of bringing about meaningful and inclusive and sustainable development.

🌍 SOMALIA: East African leaders vow to ‘destroy’ Al-Shabaab
📌East African Regional leaders meeting in Somalia have agreed on a joint offensive operation against Islamist militant group Al-Shabab. The ‘search and destroy’ operation will boost the momentum built up by Government forces who have made huge gains over the past few months, including recovering territory controlled by the Al Qaeda-affiliated group.
“The time-sensitive campaign will prevent any future infiltrating elements in the region,” said the communique signed by the leaders of Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Kenya.

🌍 CAMEROON: Ex-Defense Minister jailed for corruption
📌A Court in Cameroon has sentenced a former Defence Minister to 30 years in prison for embezzling nearly $40m (£32m). Edgar Alain Mebe Ngo’o was accused of inflating contracts to buy military equipment from Brazil. His wife, Bernadette, was also found guilty of embezzlement and was handed a 10-year sentence. The Court decided to seize many of the defendants’ assets, including luxury cars, houses and land titles.

🌍 Zambians to face fines for using phones while crossing roads
📌The authorities in Zambia have passed a law that prohibits pedestrians from crossing the road while wearing headsets or talking on a mobile phone. A person who contravenes this regulation commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding 1,000 kwacha ($16; £12), according to a clause in the new law.
“According to our analysis, over 50% of people that die from road traffic accidents are pedestrians. And in most cases, the pedestrians may not have used the roads correctly”, a source said.

🌍 IRAN:  Government keeps WhatsApp, Instagram blocked
📌Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has vowed that WhatsApp and Instagram will remain blocked in the country, blaming the online platforms for stoking protests that started over four months ago. The Islamic republic was rocked by major demonstrations after the mid-September death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, after her arrest for allegedly breaching the country’s dress code for women